Rotate him with who? He has a fecked knee. We want to improve our first XI with a defence that can be relied upon week in week out, not rotate centre backs and avoid forming any partnerships
You said there was better out there so I was asking who?
This is why I would swap Lindelof for Tuanzebe
Quite sure Longstaff would start if he joined us. Lindelof isn't as slow as he appears, and AWB can be very fast to cover.
Yeah, not sure how to even feel about this deal. He is good CB with few weakness, not sure if he is worth the money.
Nope, I didn't.
We already have the CB with the 2nd most headers from the top clubs, behind only VVD.
All of these players had 85% or more pass accuracy, had played for 75% or more of the season and averaged more passes per game than Maguire. This ignores the Portugese/Neatherlands leagues (only did the top 5) so Dias/De Ligt would feature on this list for example. Now obviously some of these are unattainable as they're at rival clubs and some are on the wrong side of 30 years old. If I reduced the % of Season down from 75 to 60 it opens up more players too.
The player also has to want to join aswell... He wouldn't want to join us.
I agree somewhat on Ake. I actually like him as a player and would be happy if we bought him. I don't think he's as good as Magurie right now, but he's doing all the right things.
Maguire is both a good all round defender and is comfortable with the ball at his feet.
Throw in Jones and Rojo on top of that 70m if needed. That way Leicester get a replacement and we get deadwood off the books
Them setting the price high is mainly because he's English, PL proven, and internationally proven, factors which always basically double a player's actual worth when it comes to transfer fees.
Not to sure there are to be fair, you take out De Ligt/Koulibaly the only attainable ones are CBs who people have never seen play but have obtained them on FM/Fifa and are sudden experts on them. Lindelof has come good now but if we buy a prospect from another country, who will need 12 months to adjust, are they any better than Tuanzebe?
Skriniar signed a new deal this summer and has already said he does not want to join us and that he wants to stay at Inter, with Inter saying the same, none starter.
De Ligt is going to Juve and has turned us down and Koulibaly has turned us down as well, Tah over Maguire, not for me.
City wanted Sanchez and wanted Fred... it's not the best indicator.
As I say, for 80m euros, you'd want the player in question to be high up on the list (at least I would). He isn't, he didn't even technically make the list as his pass completion was less than 90%. He's certainly better than our current options and I don't think many of us would complain about the deal if he was valued at a more realistic price. But he won't fix us and turn us into Liverpool, he's not that caliber of player imo and my memory might be making his performance against Croatia worse than it was. But I remember the English defense shitting itself when the pressure was on, that is a big alarm bell. I should probably watch those highlights again.
I think that this is absolutely correct.
Also wanted Sane, turned Sterling into a world beater, bought Laporte, turned Stones into a very good CB, wanted Bernado Silva, Jesus, Ederson so he is not to bad an indicator.
Not that it is saying much.
Our goal should still be top 4.
I'd happily clear out Rojo, Jones, Darmian and add maguire.
oh i look kinda stupid now
Again though, he played in a very counter attack team.
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if so, let them keep him. 70m is max.
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